Inside the mind of a voter : a new approach to electoral psychology / Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruter, Michael, 1975- author.

Harrison, Sarah, 1982- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting--Psychological aspects.

Voting.

Elections--Psychological aspects.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.) : 40 b/w illus.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Could understanding whether elections make people happy and bring them closure matter more than who they vote for? What if people did not vote for what they want but for what they believe is right based on roles they implicitly assume? Do elections make people cry? This book invites readers on a unique journey inside the mind of a voter using unprecedented data from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Africa, and Georgia throughout a period when the world evolved from the centrist dominance of Obama and Mandela to the shock victories of Brexit and Trump. Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison explore three interrelated aspects of the heart and mind of voters: the psychological bases of their behaviour, how they experience elections and the emotions this entails, and how and when elections bring democratic resolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements

Chapter Synopses

1 Homo Suffragator

2 Mapping the Mind of a Voter: Anatomy of Homo Suffragator

3 A Day in the Life of a Voter

4 Personality and Morality

5 Electoral Memory

6 Electoral Identity and Individual– Societal Dynamics

7 Elections and Emotions

8 Electoral Ergonomics

9 Electoral Resolution and Atmosphere: From Hope to Hostility

10 Coda: Flipping the Electoral World Upside-Down: Homo Suffragator beyond the Age of Reason

Glossary of Concepts

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

9780691202013

069120201X

OCLC:

1152651032